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Tuesday, November 26, 2019

Wordless Wednesday: Glad I Ain't a Turkey

birds, Cisticola juncidis, Okinawa, Streaked Fantail Warbler


Cisticola juncidis

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Tuesday, November 19, 2019

Wordless Wednesday: Don't Wash Shoes Here


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Tuesday, November 12, 2019

Wordless Wednesday: Full Beaver Moon Up and Down

Beaver Full Moon, astronomy, Okinawa, Japan

Night Before Full Moon



Beaver Full Moon, astronomy, Japan, Okinawa, November 2019


Full Beaver Moon NOV 12 2019



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Moon Setting Over Kin Bay Okinawa Japan NOV 13 2019

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